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FAUCET. No. 598,795. Patented Feb. 8, 1898.

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FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 5983795, dated February8, 1898.

Application filed November 23,1896. Serial No. 613,146. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. MADISON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Faucets and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention has reference to a novel construction in a faucet; and itconsists in the features of construction hereinafter described Referringnow to said drawings, 1 indicates a the barrel of the faucet, and 2 thenozzle.

Between the ends of the barrel there is an interior flange 3, formingthe valve-seat, below which are the diametrically opposite longitudinalguides 4. At the lower ends of the guides 4- and extending around theinner face of the barrel between these` guides are thedownwardly-facing.shoulders 5, as shown.' The stem 6 extends through acap 7, screwingupon the upper end of the barrel, and a tight joint ismade at this end of 4the barrel by means of the packing or gasket 8,that is held between the cap 7 and the `metallic washer 9 in the upperend of the barrel. The upper face of this metallic washer is iiush withthe end of the barrel and is held upon the lugs or shoulders onl theinner face of the barrel. The gasket 8 presses upon this metallic washer9 and is held between these parts and the inner face of the cap in themanner shown; The stem 6 turns and moves longitudinally and is providedat its inner end and below the iiange 3 of the valve with a cross-head1l, iirmly secured thereto and having its ends situated within thelongitudinal guides 4.. The upper face of this crosshead receives thewasher or valve 12, that comes in contact with the valve-seat of theflange 3. The said stem is provided with a shoulder 13, between whichand the flange 3 is situated the spring 14:, that acts to hold the valve11 against the seat.

'It will be observed from the foregoing description that a faucet ofthis construction acts as a self-closing or as an' ordinary compressionfaucet-that is to say, the Water can be turned on by simply pressingupon the handle of the stem, which moves the valve 12 from its seatagainst the action of the spring 14, and which when released allows thevalve to close, but by pressing in the stem 6 far enough and thenturning the same the cross head 1l rests upon the shoulder 5 at the endsof the guides 4, and will thus hold the valve in an open position.construction a small lug 15 is placed at one side of the lower end ofthe guide 4, so that the stem can be turned in one direction only, and,furthermore, it limits the turning of the stem on closing the valve, sothat when the cross-head strikes this lug by releasing this stem thespring closes the valve. It will be noticed that the washer or gasket 8can be removed or replaced without cutting olf the water-supply, as isusual in replacing the washers of some faucets, and as this washer isthe one that wears out first it is an advantageous feature, sinceitsaves time and trouble and allows the faucet to be quickly repaired.It will be further seen that the washer or valve 12 can be replacedwithout the use of a wrench or pliers, since the cross-head can beeasily unscrewed without the use of a tool of this kind. It will befurther noticed that the valve or washer being on the pressure side ofthe valve-seat is closed to a certain extent by the pressure of thewater.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l`. A faucet consisting of a barrel having an open end and a nozzle andvalve-seat situated between said open end and nozzle, guides extendingfrom said valve`seat toward said open end, a shoulder at the end of saidguides, a longitudinally movable and rotatable stem extending throughsaid valve and valve-seat In connection with this and provided Withacross-head situated Within said guides, and a valve adjacent to saidcross-head.

2. A faucet consisting of a barrel having an open end and nozzle, aValve-seat between said open end and nozzle, guides extending from saidvalve-seat toward the open end of the barrel, shoulders at the ends ofsaid guides, a lug at one end of said guides, a longitudi- 1o nallymovable and rotatable stem provided at its end with `a cross-headsituated Within said guides, and a valve adjacent to said crosshead.

In testmony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses. v

GEORGE A. MADISON. Witnesses:

LEWIS C. CoMEGYs, JAMES E. HUBBERT.

